How to format your references using the Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Giardini D. Geothermal quake risks must be faced. Nature. 2009;462(7275):848-849.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sourjik V, Berg HC. Functional interactions between receptors in bacterial chemotaxis. Nature. 2004;428(6981):437-441.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sarbu T, Styranec T, Beckman EJ. Non-fluorous polymers with very high solubility in supercritical CO2 down to low pressures. Nature. 2000;405(6783):165-168.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tsukada YI, Fang J, Erdjument-Bromage H, et al. Histone demethylation by a family of JmjC domain-containing proteins. Nature. 2006;439(7078):811-816.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Grous A. Fracture Mechanics 1. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Misra AA. Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Rifts and Passive Margins. (Mukherjee S, ed.). Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Rosen BA. Erratum to: Potted Review of Economic Theory: The Complex Evolving System. In: Close JP, ed. AiREAS: Sustainocracy for a Healthy City: The Invisible Made Visible Phase 1. SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing; 2016:E1-E1.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology.

Blog post

Davis J. Birds With Small Brains Are Most Likely To Be Hit By Cars. IFLScience.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. Problems in Regulating Selected Vaccines. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1973.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Khayyat AM. Use of near Field Communication Technology to Prevent Consumption and Usage of Expired Products. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Hodgman J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times. August 17, 2016:MM18.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

This sentence cites one reference ¹.
This sentence cites two references ^1,2.
This sentence cites four references ^1–4.

About the journal

Full journal title	Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Abbreviation	Semin. Diagn. Pathol.
ISSN (print)	0740-2570
Scope	Pathology and Forensic Medicine